{"id":875731,"date":"2025-10-06T09:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/starto-entertainment-suspends-activities-of-ae-group-member-keita-richard-kusama-after-arrest\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T14:11:51","slug":"starto-entertainment-suspends-activities-of-ae-group-member-keita-richard-kusama-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/06\/starto-entertainment-suspends-activities-of-ae-group-member-keita-richard-kusama-after-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Starto Entertainment Suspends Activities of Ae! Group Member Keita Richard Kusama After Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment <\/p>\n<div id=\"maincontent\">\n<div id=\"page-title\">\n<p><small>posted on <time datetime=\"2025-10-06T02:44:58-04:00\"><strong>2025-10-06<\/strong> 02:44 EDT<\/time><\/small> by Rafael Antonio Pineda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-zone\">\n<div>\n<p>Actor slated to star in upcoming 2nd live-action <cite><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=17323\">Mr. Osomatsu<\/a><\/cite><\/cite> film<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>  <instaread-player publication=\"animenewsnetwork\"><\/instaread-player><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Entertainment keitarichardkusama\" src=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.8\/229649\/keitarichardkusama.jpg\"><figcaption>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/starto.jp\/s\/p\/artist\/157\/profile?lang=en&#038;ima=4901#id_160\" target=\"_blank\">Ae! Group website<\/a><\/figcaption><figcaption>\n<p>\u00a9 STARTO ENTERTAINMENT \u00a9 Universal Music Group<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Japanese boy band Ae! Group member Keita Richard Kusama on Saturday on suspicion of indecent exposure. Kusama&#8217;s agency Starto Entertainment announced on the same day that Kusama&#8217;s activities are suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Kusama is slated to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-09-11\/2nd-live-action-mr-osomatsu-film-teaser-reveals-january-9-opening\/.228683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">star<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-06-10\/mr-osomatsu-franchise-gets-2nd-live-action-film-with-new-cast-in-early-2026\/.225423\" target=\"_blank\">second<\/a> live-action film in the <cite><cite>Mr. Osomatsu<\/cite><\/cite> (<cite><cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=17323\">Osomatsu-san<\/a><\/cite><\/cite>) <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=70\">franchise<\/a><\/cite> alongside his fellow Ae! Group members. The film opens in Japan on January 9.<\/p>\n<p>Streaming service <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=23544\">TVer<\/a><\/cite> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/20251005095747\/https:\/\/www.oricon.co.jp\/news\/2410519\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> on the same day that it will suspend the streaming of the group&#8217;s <cite>Ae! Group no Q &#038; Ae!<\/cite> program. <cite><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=124\">NTV<\/a><\/cite> also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/20251005105925\/https:\/\/www.oricon.co.jp\/news\/2410533\/full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">changed<\/a> the content of Sunday&#8217;s episode of its <cite>The! Tetsuwan! Dash!!\u00a0<\/cite>show, where Kusama was slated to appear.<\/p>\n<p>Ae! Group was <a href=\"https:\/\/mdpr.jp\/news\/detail\/1822660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">founded<\/a> in February 2019 by the now-defunct Johnny &#038; Associates talent agency.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/natalie.mu\/music\/news\/643029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Music Natalie<\/a>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.starto.jp\/s\/e\/news\/detail\/10055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Starto Entertainment<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/\">News homepage<\/a> \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/archive\" rel=\"archives\">archives<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-10-06\/starto-entertainment-suspends-activities-of-ae-group-member-keita-richard-kusama-after-arrest\/.229649\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Rubi Latson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>posted on 2025-10-06 02:44 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda Actor slated to star in upcoming 2nd live-action Mr. Osomatsu film Image via Ae! Group website \u00a9 STARTO ENTERTAINMENT \u00a9 Universal Music Group Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Japanese boy band Ae! Group member Keita Richard Kusama on Saturday on suspicion of indecent exposure. 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